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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 18, 1952
Page
3
A Brookfield report recalls a series of cattle killings from years past with six cattle dead and one saved. Police seek residents’ help as pattern repeats around holidays and full moons with female cattle targeted in pens and crushes.
Premier Edward Michael Manion of Queensland died from pneumonia at the Mater Hospital Brisbane at 5 am He served as Labor Premier and Chief Secretary and had a noted career including tenure as Home Secretary Treasurer and Premier He left a statement of sympathy from Prime Minister Mensa and family members were mentioned with prior illness and Jubilee attendance referenced
The Chief Secretary Mr Clive Evatt announced a ban on lighting fires in the open air for cooking heating or boiling water. A bush fire danger period covers New South Wales with penalties for breaches. Advice to obtain a local council permit for land clearing by fire and a call for public cooperation to prevent further fires in 1952.
The Stock Inspector Mr W P Freeman said an application to extend the freight concession on fodder for starving stock had been filed and that Sydney indicated approval was expected by March 17.
Britain’s Historic 1951 Festival Exhibition on the South Bank welcomed over eight million visitors from around the world. Officials proposed commemorative prizes for top earners among entrants, and the Festival milk bar offered a grand prize of daily free milk for a year. A winning customer declined the prize with a quip about not liking milk.
Ethel Burley of Upper Bowman testified that a brindle steer branded W2 and later missing from her paddock approached her and "smelt" her hand. Brothers Richard and George Newton faced charges of stealing the steer and fraudulently branding it. they denied wrongdoing. Witnesses detailed cattle movements, sales, and brand alterations as the case adjourned to March 11.
The report lists Sunday bowls results with even scores on both rinks and Saturday matches showing tighter outcomes. Notable results include Franks and Grean at 28 each, Dare and Carson at 34 to 14, and Middlebrook 28 to 14. With holidays ending, about 28 players are needed for Newcastle District Association duty on the 28th, plus a trip to Wingham on the 20th.
A long ago photograph from Bencam shows native Billy Bonner using a novel toe notch method to climb a gum tree with an axe in his right hand. The image and accompanying notes recount native climbing marks and debates sparked by earlier evidence of axe notches in wood found on local properties.
The Commissioner for Railways and H Collins of Merrylands faced a claim over 85 pounds five shillings for alleged damage to gates at Weismantel's Craven. The matter was struck from Gloucester Debts Court. A separate notice reports a kangaroo intrusion into a Grafton bedroom, later reclaimed by owner Mr RK Kiteher.
NSW agriculture leaders push tax rebates to spur production. Gresham calls for rebates on extra wheat and dairy output, while Premier McGirr proposes three years of no tax for farmers. Critics warn such concessions may not lift acreage and warn against state takeover fears.
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